Entry #5

What is the climax of this novel? What happens? How do the events of this novel make you feel?
In the climax of this novel, the true and original purpose of the animal farm was disappeared and destroyed by Napoleon's dictatorship. Snowball, the competitor of Napoleon, was wrongly accused by Napoleon after the battle with humans from other farms. The seven commandments which the pigs made in the beginning of the 'animal farm' was ignored and the pigs even trade with human beings that they considered as enemies. Boxer, who worked the hardest for the farm, was killed by Napoleon's order as he couldn't work for the farm like before anymore.

Entry #4

Please choose one passage from the novel that is significant to you. Why is this passage meaningful? Please type it into one of your entries and comment on what you think about the passage.

All animals are equal.
No animal shall drink alcohol,
No animal shall wear clothes
No animal shall sleep in a bed
Or kill a fellow four-footed creature.
Those that go upon four legs or wings are friends
The two-legged are, by definition, the enemy.

This passage is the seven commandments that the animals made after they expelled humans from the farm. In this commandments, they say that actions that is belong to human such as drinking alcohols, wearing clothes, or sleeping in a bed. They consider four-legged as friends and two-legged, which are humans, as their enemies. They say that all peole are bad and it can be considered as a no-gray-area.

The importance of this passage is that the commandments were made by the intelligent leaders (pigs) at the beginning of the 'animal farm'. However, the animal farm ends up with the seven commandments being changed and ignored by the pigs including Napoleon.

Entry #3

Entry#3

Who are the main characters of the novel? Do you like them? Why or why not? What is special about them? What do they reveal about the universal human experience?

Napoleon is the pig who became the leader of the farm. He started to have the farm under his dispotic rule. He had armies of dogs that guards him and ousted his competitor, Snowball. The character of Napoleon is based on Stalin, the ruler of Soviet Union. On the other hand, his competitor, Snowball, is wise and intelligent leader which is based on Rabellion. Boxer, a horse who worked harder than any other animals in the farm, had strong mucles and never opposed to the Napoleon or other leaders. However, he was killed by Napoleon's orders. His role in this novel is people who were the victims and sacrified for the Soviet. Benjamin was the donkey who was always looked sad and quite.

Entry #2

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Are there are any current situations in the world that realte to the novel? what are they, and how do they relate? does the novel shed any light on how current situations could be resolved or "fixed"?

Soviet Union was built by kicking Russian imperilists out with socialism and Stalin became the ruler of Soviet Union. However, as this story shows, communism and socialism didn't go long as they have a lot of problems. Stalin's Soviet Union was collapsed because people get same awards even if they work harder than others. This fact was also reflected in the novel. Boxer, who worked hard and sincerely, was killed by a horse slaughter as he was old enough and couldn't work for the farm anymore.

Entry #1

What is the major theme of this novel?(Animal Farm) why is this theme important to a teenager living in 2007?

The major theme of this novel is satire on socialism of Soviet Union. Few years ago, I studied about this book in school, so i know some details and inner meanings of this novel. In this novel, a farmer of a farm was cruel to animals and that made the animals to expelled the farmer from the farm. They build thier own farm with their own rules. However, the pigs became the rulers of the farm and they began to violate the regulations they made. As the pigs, especially Napoleon, dictatorially rule the farm, the animal farm went wrong and it became similar as the farm was before they built their own farm.

this theme can be important to a teenager living in 2007. Today, even though Soviet Union has been collapsed, there are still conflicts and ideological quarrels in many countries. This also includes conflicts between South and North Korea. We should understand about these disputes.

◀ Stalin